My Head Shape Has Changed and I’m Losing Hair

Hi Doc!

During my teenage years, I used to completely shave my head (0 mm) during the summers. I quickly changed my mind each time due to my flat head shape that bothered me.

At age 28, I’ve been experiencing a slow hair loss progression in a class 4A-pattern for some years, still fairly invisible to others I hope. This made me shave my head completely once again, revealing that the front of my head now didn’t look as flat as before. My hair loss almost exactly follows the frontal skull bone which clearly has turned into a more egg-like shape than before. The back of my head, where there is no apparent balding, remains the same however. The frontal bone seems “higher” than the back of my head and I can see and feel a distinct edge between front/back of my head.

Is it be normal for a head shape to change this obvious after 18-19 years of age and could it be the reason for my frontal balding? I would really like to here you opinion.

Also, have you seen shaved, non-balding people with an egg shaped head?

There is no connection between skull shape or changing skull shape, and hair loss. Hair loss is genetic and not influenced by the underlying bony skull. I’ve seen all kinds of head shapes over the years, but an obvious change in skull shape in the adult years is not something I’m familiar with.

Obvious changing of the skull shape usually occurs because of trauma or disease. There are diseases which can result in the skull expanding, though I’d expect you’d have vision issues or at least severe headaches. Or there’s this man that was left with a misshapen skull after a run-in with a stampeding bull. This isn’t my specialty, so I don’t mean to worry you… just speaking in complete generalities.